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An examination of the salmon aquaculture conflict in British Columbia using the graph model for conflict resolution
Author(s) -
Noakes D. J.,
Fang L.,
Hipel K. W.,
Kilgour D. M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
fisheries management and ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1365-2400
pISSN - 0969-997X
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2400.2003.00336.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , conflict resolution , agriculture , operations research , business , political science , geography , engineering , law , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
In 1995, the British Columbia Government imposed a moratorium on salmon farming expansion and conducted an environmental assessment review of the industry. Despite the generally favourable conclusions of this review, the government delayed making a decision on the future of the industry for more than 2 years. This issue is examined using a graph model for conflict resolution. The graph model requires only ordinal preferences for the decision‐makers and allows the analyst to impose realistic constraints on the conflict such as providing for unidirectional and common moves. Given the preferences of the players involved in the conflict, inaction on the part of the provincial government was a stable solution for 2 years. The deteriorating economic situation in British Columbia combined with an improved public acceptance of the salmon farming industry shifted the solution to one of adopting the recommendations from the environmental assessment review and eventually lifting the moratorium.